site of a train derailment. two people are dead. i'm charley crowson, linda so and i will have a live report coming up. republicans right now calling one of their own to step down, what a missouri congressman said that leaves him without support this morning. you maw love your neighborhood, and everything that it has to of, is it ranked one of the best places to live in the country? one area in our community, it is. it is tuesday morning, thank you for joining us. i'm megan pringle. lynette charles has a check on the weather.

loren cook with traffic and important information for people to know. where charlie is, main street in ellicott city shutdown. >> it will be for several hours. i will let you know where the closure is coming up. we got some rain, but we need more. we could have more coming in, as we go in to the afternoon. enjoy the cooler temperatures. look at the 62s and 63s, arnold. also blai dens bug, towson, 57 now, these temperatures are well below, we should be at 65 degrees for this time of the year. the winds are calm. we have patchy fog to talk about this morning as well. let me take you outside, see what is going on, a little bit of patchy fog to talk about there. seeing clouds, micking with shall be, that's going to be the name of the game this morning. maryland's most powerful radar is dry. as we go in to the afternoon, things could change again. as i step you through your day, hour by hour, sun-cloud mix by

lunchtime, showers in the forecast as we head in to 3:00. now a check of the time save traffic with loren cook. as i mentioned the train derailment shutdown main street in old ellicott city, closed between old columbia pike and da wellla avenue. won't re-open for several hours. stick with route 40 instead. leave yourself extra time. there are a lot of police presence now. charley crowson and linda so will bring you a live report from the scene. no problems on interstate 70, columbia pike, over to 695, jfx clear in to the city, 11 minutes,towson and downtown. live look at 95, 395, traffic is picking up in the area. no significant delays. here is what the west side looks like, wilkins avenue. everything moving along fine. delays towards 95. that's a look at time saver traffic, over to you meagan.

breaking news, ellicott city, an 80 car train derailment. happened this morning, sending 23 of the cars right off the tracks, two people are dead this morning. we know one is a young woman and hopefully charley crowson can give us more information. he has been at the scene since midnight. >> reporter: thank you. good morning. that 80 car train was heading from west virginia to baltimore. they were carrying coal. 23 cars derailed across the old historic ellicott city bridge. two people confirmed dead. one elizabeth gnash, she was going to be a junior at james madison and tweeting throughout the course of the night. that last tweet came at midnight before the train derailment was called in. a numb of emergency responders have been on the scene from howard county, baltimore, the ntsb on the scene, trying to determine what happened. also as you would imagine, coal is strown all over main street

in ellicott city. because of that, they are out there now with heavy equipment, trying to move the 23 cars. a number of bars were open at the time. the patrons came out to see what was going on. we spoke with ken, the county executive about putting the train derailment in to perspective. >> reporter: it's usually in the middle of telephone woods, isolated area, to be in the heart of ellicott city, piles of coal and cars, train cars on their side, it is just a tough thing to put in to words. >> a big rumble and big boom and on my way out the door, some kid comes in yelling, check this out. i look up the street, down the street. i looked up the bridge. it all became real.

>> this is a real mess across parts of historic downtown ellicott city. coming up, we will hear from linda so, she spoke with family members of one of the victims killed along the bridge. until then, in howard county, charley crowson, abc2 news. time for democracy 2012 coverage, we are getting our first look at the stage for the republican national convention. it starts monday in tampa. it has 13 l.e.d. panels and took 30,000 hours to design and build this. a tampa tv station reports that republicans plan to incorporate elements of facebook, twitter and social media web sites in ways never seen before at a convention. we will stay tuned for that. speaking of conventions, martin o'malley is going to speak at the democratic national convention. he has been a high profile in the party and appearing on

national television shows. this will be his second speaking role at the dnc. last one was in 2004. it kicks off september 4th incomes charlotte, north carolina. . a look at what you can expect to see on the november ballot. there will be 7 questions and include expanding gambling in ow state as well as marriage e quality. that's the state's version of the dream act. questions are being formlated because the wording could have a huge impact on how people answer them. todd akin, is being encouraged to end his senate bid. it's hard to find anyone supporting him after his controversial comments about rape and abortion and why he opposes all abortion even in the case of rape. >> if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try

to shut that whole thing down. >> the views were offensive. rape is rape. >> akin apologized and says he made an error in his statements and shows no sign of pulling out of the race. the clock is ticking on that decision. growing numb of wild fires west is getting worse this morning. we will take you to the state where a new wave of firefighters is pulling towards the front lines as families try to outrun the flames. ♪

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lynette charles, it is a foggy start to the morning. lots of fog, this is some thick to dense fog across ellicott city. as you step out and about, take it easy on the roadways, you will have a time of it out there. the temperature in ellicott, coming in at 59 degrees, foggy and cool this morning, bring the jacket with you as you step out the door, we can see the dew point coming in at 59. winds are on the light side this morning. elkton 60. the dew point coming in at 57. as we slide in to glenn elks 57, dew point 57 as well. dry right now. you might need the umbrella in to the afternoon. now a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. good morning. good morning, we continue to follow breaking news out of howard county, a train derailed killing two people as clean up continues, main street will be

shutdown in old ellicott city, between old columbia pike, and o ella, expect heavy congestion in the area. here is what tier t harrisburg expressway looks like. everything up to speed. dealing with fog in the area. expect reduced visibility, slow down, be careful, and a lot of volume on 95, in to the city. two died casing a mess in the area. any idea why the train derailed? >> reporter: no word on why the train derailed. ntsb on the scene, going through the scene. csx owns the train and rail itself. they are trying to determine

what happened. 23 cars overturned across the c coal all over the downtown area. two people confirmed dead. i want to bring in linda so, you have been following the story regarding the victims on the train. you have information that comes from the family. >> reporter: right. the family member showed up, the step moe told us that her stepdaughter was elizabeth gnash on the bridge with a friend, elizabeth was a college student, at jmu university, about to enter her junior year, she was getting ready to head off to college next week. she tells us the stepmother tells us her stepdaughter was on the bridge with a friend, elizabeth, two brothers, an older brother and younger brother had been getting tweets, pictures take on on the cell phone, getting messages until the time of the crab. when enthe crash happened, the derailment happened, that

stopped. when the family member arrived we spoke with the brothers and stepmother, the stepmother said it was her stepdaughter on the bridge, with he friend. the tweets were around midnight. that's the time they were alerted to what is going on. the downtown area itself is still much of a mess, there is a parking lot with the overturned cars. they have to move in with heavy equipment. csx coming in, moving the overturned cars then to assess the damage to the cars in the public parking lot. people who live in the area and go to the bars and areas in ellicott city tell us they see people along the tracks walking along the tracks often. that could have been a case of what happened today. we do know from the stepmother who told us it was her stepdaughter, elizabeth, on the bridge with a friend, when this derailment happened. two victims, they bodies are

along the tracks. all the emergency crews are working to remove the coal. it's going slower than they thought. this is so much coal, they are woking to remove the bodies. >> the call came in and midnight. we have been on the scene since 12:45. stay with abc2 news and abc2news.com and facebook for the latest update. live in howard county, linda so and charley crowson, abc2 news. always be the first to know about breaking news, download the free app by texting wmaar to 4688. a big story, some of them would bed there for decades. it's not easy work, but this morning, former workers at rg steel are trying to figure out how they are going to taig kay of they families. they learned not only are jobs gone but benefits, too. she cher joins us with more on what happens now. >> it's a tough time for them now. health insurance for those workers set to run out at the

end of the month, the head of the union is trying to work with the state and trying to get the plant up and running. 1000 workers turned up to hai about the health benefits. the plan has been idle since may when the continue opener rg steel filed for bankruptcy. the company brought the plant at a bankruptcy auction. workers are worried about how the take care of their families. the head of the union working to ensure seemless transitions.

they take so much pride in what they do. are they hopeful? >> the head of the union says in the state can step in to help the horse racing industry by allowing the construction of casinos, it should step in to do something for them. we will wait and see what happens. >> sherrie johnson, thank you for that report. this thursday, we will talk about the one year anniversary of that 5.8 magnitude earthquake that shook us in baltimore and the northeast. it damaged buildings including this place, national cathedral. by midnight thursday, fundraisers hope to get another $100,000 to fix the damage because of that earthquake. it's illegal to pass a stopped school bus. if you try to do it in frederick county, you are going to get busted with technology. today the sheriff's office and public school system are showing off new school bus cameras and can photograph drives who try to pass those

stopped buses something to keep in mind. heading out the door, rapper chris brown will be in court this morning, brown scheduled to meet with a judge to determine whether he has finished the domestic violence classes and community service he was sentenced to following a fight with former girlfriend rihanna. immigration hearing in a phoenix courtroom. judge will hear arguments on the safe immigration law requiring police to check the status of people they stop. civil rights groups say the law is unconstitutional. wild fire in northern california, look at the video. this has grown to 25 square miles threatening 3500 homes in three towns, north of sacramento, 2000 firefighters are battling the blaze in rugged densely forest terrain. obviously tough situation there. former governor sarah palin getting involved in maryland

politics, endorsed republican senate candidate dan bon geno. sesame street looking for a new character. they are casting the first hispanic puppet since the fist one was introduced in 1993. they are looking for someone fluent in spanish, can sing and a good sense of humor. this morning, we had clouds and showers that passed through the area last night. right now, we are dealing with the clouds, we will begin to see sunshine as we go through the rest of the morning and the afternoon. we had the clouds at the ground this morning, that translates in to plenty of fog out there. look at the dense fog in mount airy, bad that visibility is not going the be good as you step out and about. take it easy on the roadways. this is a set up for today. we have the track, digging down

across the area. that's keeping us unsettled and keeping us cooler as we go in to the afternoon and this morning. the temperatures in the upper 50s to 60s. through thursday, high pressure builds in, we will warm the temperatures up to seasonable levels. tropical satellite picks up on tropical depression number 9. this is it. beginning to work off towards the west. it does have its eyes set on florida. we will keep you updated on that information. we will have the chance for scattered showers, isolated showers in to the afternoon. we will do it again on wednesday. by thursday, more sunshine but here is the hour by hour forecast, we take you to lunchtime, sun-cloud mix, showers in the forecast. a check of the seven-day forecast, bring drier weather in here as we head in to the end of the week and humid conditions in to the weekend. now a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. we are following a train

derailment in old ellicott city, shutdown main street between old columbia pike and o ella avenue. use route 40 instead. expect delays on 895, due to a crash southbound at the harbor tunnel toll plaza. use 95. that will be your best bet this morning. west side, baltimore national pike, outer loop, along just fine. no significant delays down towards 95. big news out of howard county. money page listed the 100 best places to live. ellicott city, columbia on the list. historic downtown ellicott city with the mom and pop shops and restaurants and the community of columbia with the box stores, mary weather post pavilion, a great place to see a con set in the weather is good. more updates in 30 minutes. [ female announcer ] with swiffer wet

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